acertijo
Spanish, noun/aθeɾˈtixo/
acertijo is spelled A-C-E-R-T-I-J-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish, the 39,622nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Acertijo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “riddle” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Pasatiempo o juego que consiste en hallar la solución de un enigma o encontrar el sentido oculto de una…”.
What does acertijo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineriddle
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Pasatiempo o juego que consiste en hallar la solución de un enigma o encontrar el sentido oculto de una frase. Es similar a las adivinanzas, si bien éstas, generalmente, tienen un enunciado en rima y van dirigidas a públicos infantiles. 2. Afirmación o sentencia difícil de entender.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of acertijo
- acertijos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce acertijo?
- /aθeɾˈtixo/
- [a.θeɾˈt̪i.xo]
- /aseɾˈtixo/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to acertijo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is acertijo in Spanish?
acertijo appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).